
Tattoo ink
Dynamic · Black
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- UK
- Notifying country
- Italy
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- Yes
Requirements breached
The product contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)s (measured value total of PAHs up to 7.6 mg/kg in one batch and 20.9 mg/kg in the other one). Some PAHs are carcinogenic. The Council of Europe Resolution ResAP (2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up recommends that the total amount of PAHs do not exceed 0.5 mg/kg.
Measures taken
- Supervision of correct use – not to be used for tattoos. Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 18 September 2017
Product
- Description
- Black tattoo ink in a plastic bottle.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1633/17 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2017-047
- Published
- 15 November 2017
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1041/17 published on report n° 31-2017 of 04/08/2017 has been removed from the RAPEX at the request of the authority due to invalid testing results.
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